Uncharted strait
Subtitle: the future of China-Taiwan relations
By: Richard C. Bush
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780815723844
Subjects: Relations
Description: "Focuses on cross-Strait relations during Ma Ying-jeou's first term, assessing the impact of stabilization on economics, politics, and security and the implications for resolution of Taiwan and China's fundamental dispute. Examines how Taiwan can strengthen itself; how China can promote a mutually acceptable outcome; and how Washington can protect its interests in South Asia"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Historical and political context; title: 3. Setting the analytical stage; title: 4. Economic stabilization; title: 5. Political and security stabilization; title: 6. The 2012 transitions and scenarios for the future; title: 7. The dynamics of power asymmetry; title: 8. What Taiwan might do to help itself; title: 9. What China might do; title: 10. Policy implications for the United States; title: 11. Epilogue